Redeemer OC Podcast

This Sunday we will continue in our study of Luke with a mini-series on the Lord’s prayer. In our passage the disciples are watching Jesus pray and then one of them says, “Teach us to pray.” The disciples, those who walked with Jesus, needed to learn how to pray and so do we. We will take a closer look at how Jesus answered this request over the next few weeks. To prepare for this Sunday, read and...

Have you ever been fixated on something? In that moment of fixation you have zero desire to have your attention be diverted. You know what you want and you are going to try and get it. You don’t want anything to to encumber your mission. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews encourages us to fix our eyes on Jesus. To not let anything divert our attention. This Sunday we have the privilege of hea...

Have you ever said, “bless you”? What did you mean? What does it mean to be blessed? When you think of being personally blessed how is that connected to the mission of God? With many women off at the women’s retreat this Sunday we are taking a break from our series on Luke and will be looking instead at Psalm 67. We are going to see here that blessing and mission are intertwined. We will learn how...

I love being great. I bet you do too. I think about it a lot. I would imagine you do too. The problem is, I have found greatness and glory in my life to be elusive. But I haven’t given up yet. I am still pursuing glory. I am still trying to make a name for myself. All of us have a glory problem. We were made for glory. And yet we continually fall short of the glory we desire for ourselves. Instead...

I have good news and bad news. Well not me. Jesus does. In our passage for this Sunday we listen to Jesus giving his disciples unbelievably great news. Their dreams are coming true right in front of their eyes. However, a nightmare seems to be twisted into those dreams. The good news is wrapped in a bad news package. Not only is Jesus predicting his own suffering and pain, he is calling his discip...

I have good news and bad news. Well not me. Jesus does. In our passage for this Sunday we listen to Jesus giving his disciples unbelievably great news. Their dreams are coming true right in front of their eyes. However, a nightmare seems to be twisted into those dreams. The good news is wrapped in a bad news package. Not only is Jesus predicting his own suffering and pain, he is calling his discip...

You gotta go somewhere. We all know the anxious suffocating cloud of being powerless and overwhelmed, and we all have developed habits and patterns to cope. So much of our dysfunction grows out of these coping mechanisms. But, hey, you gotta go somewhere. So where do you go? When the stress is high, when the pressure is on, when disappointment lurks, when the pain shows up again, where do you go t...

You gotta go somewhere. We all know the anxious suffocating cloud of being powerless and overwhelmed, and we all have developed habits and patterns to cope. So much of our dysfunction grows out of these coping mechanisms. But, hey, you gotta go somewhere. So where do you go? When the stress is high, when the pressure is on, when disappointment lurks, when the pain shows up again, where do you go t...

How we respond matters. Taking an honest look at how we are responding is critical. For months we have been engaging the Gospel of Luke, and over and over Luke has been showing us pictures of Jesus. He offers these images so that we could experience what Jesus is like, so we could hear Jesus’ teaching. Luke has also given us windows to observe how people are responding to Jesus whether religious l...

How we respond matters. Taking an honest look at how we are responding is critical. For months we have been engaging the Gospel of Luke, and over and over Luke has been showing us pictures of Jesus. He offers these images so that we could experience what Jesus is like, so we could hear Jesus’ teaching. Luke has also given us windows to observe how people are responding to Jesus whether religious l...

UCI this Sunday! Not only will all the fall offerings to deepen and enrich your faith be on display, but we get to worship all together at 10am. I’m excited! You can find the location and parking details below or click HERE for a printer-friendly version of this information. Since we’re worshiping on the campus of UCI we are setting aside time to pray for UCI students, led by Pastor Chad Brewer th...

Starting something is easy. Finishing well is hard. How are you living your life today in order to finish well? The Apostle Paul in his Second Letter to Timothy, chapter four, helps us understand that it is not good enough to simply scrape by in life. Paul, in his last recorded letter desires for us to live rightly today in order to end well tomorrow. This Sunday we have the privilege of hearing f...

This Sunday we will finish our summer series on Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain. Jesus ends his sermon with two profound images. Read them and pray through them over the weekend, Luke 6:43-49. How do these two images offer a fitting conclusion to Jesus’ sermon? I can’t wait to worship together. Pastor David

This Sunday we will finish our summer series on Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain. Jesus ends his sermon with two profound images. Read them and pray through them over the weekend, Luke 6:43-49. How do these two images offer a fitting conclusion to Jesus’ sermon? I can’t wait to worship together. Pastor David

Okay. Don’t lie. You’re totally judgmental. Me too. Whether it is someone’s driving, their parenting, the way they look, what they say, how they spend their money, whatever. We are always evaluating, and we’re pretty sure it’s wrong, or at least we wish others wouldn’t do it to us. Oh but it feels so good and comes so naturally! Yikes. Jesus can help us and we need it. To prepare for our worship t...

Okay. Don’t lie. You’re totally judgmental. Me too. Whether it is someone’s driving, their parenting, the way they look, what they say, how they spend their money, whatever. We are always evaluating, and we’re pretty sure it’s wrong, or at least we wish others wouldn’t do it to us. Oh but it feels so good and comes so naturally! Yikes. Jesus can help us and we need it. To prepare for our worship t...

Which is harder? Walking across red-hot coals with bare feet or doing what Jesus says? Listen to Jesus from his sermon on the plain in Luke 6:27-28, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” What!?! I will take the red-hot coals please. Jesus sounds impossible here. How could he even ask us to do this? How could we ever hope to liv...

Which is harder? Walking across red-hot coals with bare feet or doing what Jesus says? Listen to Jesus from his sermon on the plain in Luke 6:27-28, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” What!?! I will take the red-hot coals please. Jesus sounds impossible here. How could he even ask us to do this? How could we ever hope to liv...

Jesus guarantees your future, but what about today? What about today’s sadness and pain? This week we start our study of Jesus’ sermon on the plain in the Gospel of Luke. The sermon on the mount is the parallel sermon found in the Gospel of Matthew. Take five minutes this weekend to read the sermon on the plain. It starts in verse 17 of Luke chapter 6. Read it out loud. Pray through it. Listen to...

Jesus guarantees your future, but what about today? What about today’s sadness and pain? This week we start our study of Jesus’ sermon on the plain in the Gospel of Luke. The sermon on the mount is the parallel sermon found in the Gospel of Matthew. Take five minutes this weekend to read the sermon on the plain. It starts in verse 17 of Luke chapter 6. Read it out loud. Pray through it. Listen to...

We have a choice. Either an overflowing abundance or just a little. One or the other. We choose. Do we want to experience love in abundance, both receiving and giving love, or will we choose to live with just a little? No catch. We get to choose. Well maybe there is a bit of a catch. How honest are we willing to get about ourselves? How open are we to seeing Jesus for who he really is? This Sunday...

We have a choice. Either an overflowing abundance or just a little. One or the other. We choose. Do we want to experience love in abundance, both receiving and giving love, or will we choose to live with just a little? No catch. We get to choose. Well maybe there is a bit of a catch. How honest are we willing to get about ourselves? How open are we to seeing Jesus for who he really is? This Sunday...

Join us this Sunday as we conclude our summer series through the book of Jonah on the topic of compassion. The book of Jonah ends by God asking Jonah a question about his compassion. However, we don’t know how Jonah responds. We are simply left hanging! As one of the Old Testament’s literary masterpieces, the unanswered question is intentional. We are not missing any verses. The unanswered questio...

Compassion begins by suffering with those who suffer and weeping with those who weep. But once you open your mouth, what message are you supposed to say? What are you supposed to say in the tricky context where the individual’s suffering is their own fault? This Sunday we are continuing our summer series through the book of Jonah on the topic of compassion. In chapter 3 Jonah finally arrives in th...

Compassion given at an arm’s length is not really compassion. Compassion is received best when it is embodied. When someone has experienced it first hand and then extends that same compassion to another in need. This Sunday we are continuing our summer series through the book of Jonah by looking at Jonah chapter 2. In this chapter Jonah’s stubborn and callous heart is broken. He realizes his own n...